Two
Examples of Misinformation on
Iraqi Biological Weapons Production
By
Hans
von Sponeck,
TFF
associate
Former UN Assistant
Secretary General &
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for
Iraq
This table contains quotes from
three sources concerning two Iraqi biological weapons
production facilities. Below please see von Sponeck's
contrasting on-site observations.
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Al
Dora Foot & Mouth Vaccine
Production Unit
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Al
Fallujah III
Castor Oil Production Plant
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IISS:
"Work appears to have started. The facility
has about 25% of its 1991 capacity."
(1a)
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IISS:
"Plant destroyed in Dec. 1998. Current status
unknown." (1b)
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US
Government:
"One of two known bio-containment level-three
facilities that have an extensive air-handling
and filtering system." (2a)
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US
Government:
No reference.
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UK
Government:
"Facility of concern". (3a)
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UK
Government:
"Facility of Concern. The castor oil plant
was damaged in UK/US air attacks in 1998 but has
been re-built. The residue from the castor bean
pulp can be used in the production of the
biological agent ricin." (3b)
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NOTES:
1. International Institute for Strategic Studies
(IISS): "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction - A Net
Assessment.", London, 9 Sept.2002, (1a) & (1b),
p.30
2. US Government.:"A Decade of Deception and
Defiance", Washington, 12 Sept.2002, (2a), p. 8
3. UK Government.: "Iraq's WMD Programme", London, 24
Sept. 2002, (3a) & (3b), p.22
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EVIDENCE as of
mid-July 2002
"I visited the two facilities,
Al Dora and Fallujah III, on 9 and 12 July 2002. They
were filmed in my presence by ARD German TV.
Al Dora was in the same fully
destroyed state in which I had seen it in 1999 as the
then UN Humanitarian Coordinator. The castor oil unit at
Al Fallujah III was seen in a fully dismantled
state."
H. C. von Sponeck
Geneva, 21 October 2002
©
TFF & the author 2002
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